Norfolk Bookworm

Fantasia: Live in Concert, Royal Albert Hall, London. October 2012 I think I am a bad influence on my family as this was an outing to t...

My reading is more eclectic than usual at present and I am loving the experience. In addition to the challenges being presented by the t...

Julius Caesar, Theatre Royal, Norwich. October 2012. Trips to the theatre continue apace at present but for once this one didn't ne...

Twelfth Night, The Globe, October 2012 I'm a little behind (again) with reviews but this time I have two excuses - I came home from s...

Love and Information, Royal Court Theatre, September 2012 I'm currently dipping my toe back into the world of study with a distance...

Paddington Races Ahead by Michael Bond I had a hand made Paddington Bear toy as a child - he had removable boots, hat and duffle coat a...

Cabaret, Theatre Royal Norwich, September 2012 I've started to infect my whole family with the theatre bug - this outing saw me acco...

The Paralympic Games, 31st August 2012 After missing out on tickets repeatedly for the main Games I'd become a little disillusioned...

Taming of the Shrew, The Globe Theatre, August 2012 This was again a play I was a little nervous in seeing, not because I had any doubt...

It is a funny time to be reviewing books at present. A pretty big scandal broke in the book world over the past few days. Authors have bee...

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, The Cottesloe Theatre at the National Theatre, August 2012 I've managed to get a...

Richard III, The Globe Theatre, August 2012 I was a little concerned going into this play - it was the third play in just over 24 hour...

The Doctor's Dilemma, Lyttleton Theatre at the National Theatre, August 2012 After leaving the stirring production of Henry V at The...

Henry V, The Globe Theatre, August 2012 A day out at The Globe Theatre is always a treat and as I've discovered seeing a play twice ...

Hector Goes to Hollywood by The Blakeney Players, Blakeney Village Hall, August 2012. I can never give an unbiased review of this show -...

Hamlet (Globe on Tour), Bungay Castle, August 2012 After a break of two months I was more than ready to go to the theatre again and so I...

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce This was a last minute addition to my eReader before we went away. There had been ...

The Olympic Games I think that it is fair to say that I was not really looking forward to the 2012 games.  I'd failed to get tickets...

Abdication by Juliet Nicolson I think that it is clear from the (rare!) book reviews I write that I like historical fiction, and especia...

Double Cross - by Ben MacIntyre This was one of the books I'd been saving up for my holiday. I've been a fan of Ben MacIntyr...